student accomplishments

Sue's Swim School

SUE'S SWIM SCHOOL
2701 Stone Valley Road
Alamo, CA 94507
(925) 837-2428
FAX (925) 855-9405

...If Your Ship Doesn't Come In...Swim Out To It!

Student Accomplishments

Billy Baly - Gold Medal Winner

"Our autistic son Billy started at Sue's Swim School in 1998 at the age of 11 years old. We had tried several other schools prior to starting Sue's Swim School, but their instruction methods did not meet Billy's needs. When Billy started he was unable to swim nor was he water safe. By the end of the Summer of 1998 Billy was water safe in deep water. Sue was Billy's instructor for 7 years. Billy has received numerous Special Olympics medals in swimming after enrolling in Sue's Swim School.

In 2004, Billy qualified for the Northern California Summer Games in Stockton, California and received a Gold medal for swimming. We can't express enough our gratitude to Sue for what she has done for Billy. Sue's patience and practical teaching methods have "made a difference" in Billy's life.

--Joanne & Bill Baly - Martinez, CA.

Madison White - Olympic Hopeful

   At age 13, Madison White has a bright future ahead of her and a chance at swimming in the Olympics for
   Team USA. At 4 years old Madison started swimming at Sue's Swim School. By age 6 she was swimming
   competitively. Today she is breaking records, and is currently the best backstroke swimmer in the nation for
   her age group. To learn more about Madison and her accomplishments, click on the following links:

   Madison White Captures Two Swim Titles

Madison White Breaks Record for Backstroke

Making Waves

Allison & Marissa Brown - Competitive Swimmers

When our twin daughters, Allison and Marissa, were 26 months old and walking we thought it important to get them 'water-safe.' We looked into several learn-to-swim programs and selected Sue's Swim School because of the consistent praise from current and former parents/swimmers, Sue Pantos' qualifications, the professional manner in which we observed lessons being conducted and the emphasis on getting children 'water-safe' before anything else. Sue and her staff exceeded our expectations!

At Sue's Swim School, our daughter's learned to swim from 'the ground up." Before they ever took their first stroke, they learned how to be comfortable with placing their faces in the water, how to 'announce' before going in the water and how to immediately return to the side of the pool with "hands on top" after jumping into the water. As parents we learned to change some of the ways we interacted with our children around the pool to help improve their water safety. We really appreciated the step-by-step and individual attention our daughters received and we attribute our daughters' love of swimming to Sue and her staff. We were so pleased that our daughter's swam at Sue's for 5 years.

Today, Allison and Marissa swim competitively on the San Ramon Valley Livermore Aquatics swim team (a year-round, USA swimming affiliated team). We think that the fundamental techniques and love of swimming they learned at Sue's is part of the reason that they are accomplished swimmers. During the 2004-2005 Short Course season, Allison and Marissa combined to achieve 'Q' times in 21 of 24 possible events. ('Q' times are the standard used by Pacific Swimming for inviting athletes to the annual Far Western swim meet which attracts swimmers from across the country and from outside the USA). Thanks Sue!

--Ken & Maura Brown - Danville, CA.

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